Fifth Chapter. I was gonna make this longer but figured since I havn't updated for a while that I should just shorten this chapter and save the rest for chapter 6. I'm beginning to actually regret nameing the ship Paradise Five Billion. I should have called it the New Titanic or something. Oh well, live and learn, I guess.

The Doctor struggled, trying to free himself from Eva's grip, but to no avail.

Okay, he thought. That didn't work. Plan B: negotiate for immediate release.

"You're not gonna frisk me, are you? Cause there's a time and a place, ya know."

Eva responded by twisting his arm once again.

Mental note to self: In future always execute plan B without being facetious.

The Doctor looked over his shoulder at Eva, so she could see on his face just how annoyed he was. "Look could you please stop this, I've already shown you my ID so…"

"Do you think I'm stupid?" said Eva, cutting him off.

"Would answering 'yes' to that question improve my situation, or worsen it?" he asked.

Eva did not answer him. She took the paper from his coat pocket and waved it in front of him. "This is psychic paper. I've had special training to see through clever con devices like this."

The jig was up. The Doctor started to wonder just how much a good lawyer would probably cost him. He dismissed the thought right away, not willing to give up so easily. "I swear to you, it's not a con." he said. "It's just something I use sometimes to help get me into places easier."

"And you thought you were gonna use it to get in andsee the captain?" said Eva.

The Doctor inclined his head and shrugged "Seemed like a good idea at the time."

"The security bots scanned you when you arrived." said Eva. "There's no file on you."

No wonder she doesn't believe me.

Eva continued with her questioning. "Who are you? What planet are you from?"

The Doctor didn't feel like answering her about such things. Even Rose didn't know what planet he was from. The mere memory of it was too upsetting for him.

He also didn't like the way how Eva seemed to be turning this into an interrogation. There was no real need for it. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you" he said, answering her.

Still, the questions kept coming. "Tell me what you're doing here?"

Followed by, the Doctor's sarcastic remarks. "What, besides getting manhandled by you?"

"Yes, besides that."

A number of perfectly logical and understandable explanations came to mind, but the Doctor had trouble deciding which one to use. So instead of choosing one at random as he would have liked to have done, he decided to just tell her the truth. "I know that this ship is travelling through sector five and that it's suddenly slowed down because of it?"

Well, maybe not the whole truth.

"You know about sector five?" said Eva. She sounded surprised by this.

"Yes" replied the Doctor, almost wincing from the pressure Eva was putting on his arm. He wouldn't admit it to her, but it was beginning to hurt. "Could I have my hand back please? I'm very fond of it."

"Alright" said Eva, releasing her grip on the Doctor. This allowed him to finally turn and face her.

The Doctor rubbed his arm. "That was an impressive hold you had me in. Where'd you learn that?"

"The army" said Eva.

"So you were a soldier?"

"Not anymore."

"And may I ask" the Doctor began "what job, position, occupation do you have on this ship exactly?"

"I'm head of security here."

He had assumed as much. "So your security team consists of more then just bots then?"

"Yes." answered Eva. She then looked confused, wondering why she had answered him. Their roles had now reversed. With her being asked the questions instead of him. And it annoyed her. "I've answered your questions, now answer mine. What are you doing here?"

"I need to speak to the captain on an urgent matter." the Doctor told her, trying to not give too much away. "I assure you my intentions are strictly honourable."

Eva shook her head "No one sees the captain without authorisation."

"Well get me authorised then" said the Doctor.

"I can't." she said raising her voice. "No matter what your intentions are, Doctor, I can't allow an unauthorised person, who doesn't even have a record mind you, up to the bridge."

She drew her gun from its holster. "You're also gonna have to come with me till we can get this straightened out."

The Doctor pointed at something. "Look, over there, behind you." he shouted, expecting Eva to turn, which unfortunately she didn't.

"I'm not falling for that." she said.

The Doctor sighed. "Oh well, it was worth a try."

For a moment, neither of them spoke. Eva kept her weapon at the ready, but didn't aim it at the Doctor. Something seemed to be holding her back from taking the next step. And the Doctor knew what it was. It was curiosity. He had planted it in her by saying what he had said. And it was only a matter of time until…

"How do you know about the ship being in sector five?" Eva asked.

"The greeter told me."

"Oh, him" Eva muttered. "Dam fool, can never keep his mouth shut."

The Doctor grinned. "Yeah, he did have a bit of trouble doing that."

"But still," he continued "don't you think it's strange that this ship is moving slower then it was before? Hasn't anybody suspected sabotage?"

Eva said nothing to this. She seemed to be thinking about what he had said.

But the Doctor couldn't take the chance that her brain worked as fast as his did. "Look" he said rudely. "I was asking, now I'm telling; take me to see the captain, now."

He didn't care if he was being rude or not. He wouldn't let Eva delay him any more.

"What if I don't?" she said crossing her arms.

"Then maybe," said the Doctor, with a sly smile. "I'll just tell all the guests what sector this ship is in and create a huge panic, or fiasco, or disturbance, or all the above."

Eva seemed to take this in. She made one last attempt to put the Doctor in his place. "You wouldn't dare."

But the attempt failed.

"Oh, I would." said the Doctor. He brought himself up to his full height and crossed his arms, mirroring Eva's exact stance. "Take me to the bridge. Or you'll find that the Greeter and I have something in common."

Eva's face hardened. She closed her eyes and went silent for moment. In a forced voice of calm, she finally said what the Doctor had wanted to her to say from the beginning. "Fine"

The Doctor smiled. "Brilliant, off we go then."

"Oh, by the way." he quickly added, as they started to walk off together. "This time, you can go first ."